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Excerpts from the anthology <em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here</span></em> will be read by Daisy Abreu and Stephen Vincent Kobasa.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here </span></em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">project.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br clear="all">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">The Yale-Readings Listserv is sponsored by the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. To post announcements about
poetry and fiction readings, send the full text of the announcement, including contact information, to
<a href="http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/yale-readings"><span style="color:blue">nancy.kuhl at yale.edu.</span></a> Messages sent directly to the Yale-Readings list may not be posted.
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For more information about Poetry at the Beinecke Library, visit: </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Poetry at Beinecke Library:
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